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Ecclesiastes 1
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1
New International Version
Everything Is Meaningless
1 The words of the Teacher,[a](A) son of David, king in Jerusalem:(B)
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(C)
3 What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?(D)
4 Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.(E)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.(F)
6 The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.
7 All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.(G)
8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(H)
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;(I)
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one can say,
“Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.
11 No one remembers the former generations,(J)
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.(K)
Wisdom Is Meaningless
12 I, the Teacher,(L) was king over Israel in Jerusalem.(M) 13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(N) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(O) 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(P)
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened;(Q)
what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me;(R) I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,(S) and also of madness and folly,(T) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 2 and 12
Ecclesiastes 1
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1
New King James Version
The Vanity of Life
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, (A)king in Jerusalem.
3 (D)What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he [b]toils under the sun?
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
(E)But the earth abides forever.
5 (F)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And [c]hastens to the place where it arose.
6 (G)The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
7 (H)All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
8 All things are [d]full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
(I)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 (J)That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which it may be said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
11 There is (K)no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.
The Grief of Wisdom
12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I set my heart to seek and (L)search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; (M)this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be [e]exercised. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
15 (N)What is crooked cannot be made straight,
And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
16 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained (O)more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has [f]understood great wisdom and knowledge.” 17 (P)And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
18 For (Q)in much wisdom is much grief,
And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout the book
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors
- Ecclesiastes 1:5 Is eager for, lit. panting
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 wearisome
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 Or afflicted
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 Lit. seen
傳道書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
傳道書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
萬事虛空
1 以下是在耶路撒冷做王的大衛之子——傳道者的話。
2 傳道者說：虛空的虛空，
虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。
3 人在日光之下的一切勞碌有什麼益處呢？
4 一代過去，一代又來，
大地卻永遠長存。
5 太陽升起，太陽落下，
匆忙回到升起之地。
6 風吹向南，又轉向北，
循環不息，周而復始。
7 江河湧流入海，海卻不會滿溢；
江河從何處流出，又返回何處。
8 萬事令人厭煩，人述說不盡。
眼看，看不飽；
耳聽，聽不夠。
9 以往發生的事，將來還會發生；
先前做過的事，將來也必再做。
日光之下，根本沒有新事。
10 人可以指著哪件事說：
「看啊，這是新事」？
所謂的新事在我們以前早就有了。
11 過去的事無人記得，
將來的事後人也不記得。
智慧之虛空
12 我傳道者曾在耶路撒冷做以色列的王。 13 我專心用智慧去研究、探索天下各樣的事，發現上帝給世人的是極重的苦工。 14 我觀察一切日光之下所做的事，看啊，都是虛空，好像捕風。 15 彎曲的不能變直，缺少的無法補足[a]。 16 我心裡想：「我獲得極大的智慧，遠超過以前統治耶路撒冷的人。我擁有豐富的智慧和知識。」 17 我又專心察明智慧和知識、狂妄和愚昧，卻發現這也是捕風。 18 因為智慧越高，愁煩越多；知識越多，痛苦越深。
Footnotes
- 1·15 「補足」希伯來文是「數算」。
Екклесиаст 1
Russian Synodal Version
Екклесиаст 1
Russian Synodal Version
1 Слова Екклесиаста, сына Давидова, царя в Иерусалиме.
2 Суета сует, сказал Екклесиаст, суета сует, --всё суета!
3 Что пользы человеку от всех трудов его, которыми трудится он под солнцем?
4 Род проходит, и род приходит, а земля пребывает во веки.
5 Восходит солнце, и заходит солнце, и спешит к месту своему, где оно восходит.
6 Идет ветер к югу, и переходит к северу, кружится, кружится на ходу своем, и возвращается ветер на круги свои.
7 Все реки текут в море, но море не переполняется: к тому месту, откуда реки текут, они возвращаются, чтобы опять течь.
8 Все вещи--в труде: не может человек пересказать всего; не насытится око зрением, не наполнится ухо слушанием.
9 Что было, то и будет; и что делалось, то и будет делаться, и нет ничего нового под солнцем.
10 Бывает нечто, о чем говорят: 'смотри, вот это новое'; но [это] было уже в веках, бывших прежде нас.
11 Нет памяти о прежнем; да и о том, что будет, не останется памяти у тех, которые будут после.
12 Я, Екклесиаст, был царем над Израилем в Иерусалиме;
13 и предал я сердце мое тому, чтобы исследовать и испытать мудростью все, что делается под небом: это тяжелое занятие дал Бог сынам человеческим, чтобы они упражнялись в нем.
14 Видел я все дела, какие делаются под солнцем, и вот, всё--суета и томление духа!
15 Кривое не может сделаться прямым, и чего нет, того нельзя считать.
16 Говорил я с сердцем моим так: вот, я возвеличился и приобрел мудрости больше всех, которые были прежде меня над Иерусалимом, и сердце мое видело много мудрости и знания.
17 И предал я сердце мое тому, чтобы познать мудрость и познать безумие и глупость: узнал, что и это--томление духа;
18 потому что во многой мудрости много печали; и кто умножает познания, умножает скорбь.
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